Pelosi on why she didn't want to have the discussion in front of cameras: “We don’t want to contradict the president when he was putting forth figures that had no reality to them...I didn’t want to, in front of those people, say 'you don’t know what you’re talking about.'"

In their weekly meeting today, Democrats decided to table further discussion on the idea of term limits for party leaders until the incoming freshmen are back at the beginning of January. Speaker vote is Jan. 3.